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Josh Kroenke has admitted Arsenal chiefs have some work still to do to trim the squad before the close of the transfer window.

There have already been several high profile departures, with Alex Iwobi joining Everton and Laurent Koscielny returning to France, but questions remain about the future of Shkodran Mustafi.

Arsenal are reportedly ready to offload the German defender and Unai Emery is yet to name Mustafi in a matchday squad this season.

The European transfer window does not close until September 2 and speaking to BBC Sport, Kroenke confirmed there could still be some departures at the Emirates.

Kroenke aims to be ruthless in the transfer market (Picture: Getty)

He said: ‘I would defer to our football operations staff but I know there are a few names that have come up who might not see as much playing time this season, so whether that’s via loan or permanent transfer I know there are discussions going on.

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‘I’ll leave that to our football operations staff.

‘So from a player’s perspective, whether it’s good or bad news I think the best thing you can do is be honest with the player because they’ve only got a limited window where they can be at their physical peak.

Shkodran Mustafi is yet to feature this season (Picture: Reuters)

‘I would say whatever we’re doing we’re going to be aggressive and we’re going to be decisive, and we’re going to communicate well and honestly through it all.’

While Arsenal work to offload some of their deadweight, fans have been pleasantly surprised by the club’s transfer business.

The signings of Nicolas Pepe, Kieran Tierney and Dani Ceballos have raised morale at the club and Arsenal have two wins from two league games.

Nicolas Pepe was Arsenal’s stand-out summer signing (Picture: Getty)

Asked if Arsenal would continue to spend in January, Kroenke replied: ‘That’s hopefully a sign of encouragement for Arsenal fans that, when we’re out in the market place, you might never know what we’re thinking and you could be surprised by some of the names that come up.

‘As for January, I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.

‘We’ve got to evaluate some things in the short term and figure out where we might need to address going forward, so when January does roll around we’re going to be proactive again.’